Some 300 to 400 people cheered as 30,441 yellow rubber ducks cascaded off a dump truck into the Lincoln Park Pond on May 20, during the 29th annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby.

The ducks “raced” for the finish with the help of water hoses wielded by firefighters with the Port Angeles Fire Department. The holder of the tickets for first 50 ducks won prizes.

The top prize — a 2018 Toyota Corolla provided by Wilder Toyota — was won by Steve Zenovic.

“Pretty cool,” he said reached by phone at home after the race. “I never win anything so this is pretty interesting.”

Zenovic said he didn’t know know what he will do with the car.

“I’ll talk it over with the rest of the folks,” he said.

The number of duck tickets sold — each cost $6 — was exceeded by those of only one year. In 2008, 36,660 duck tickets were sold.

“We’re extremely happy with the results of the race,” said Bruce Skinner, executive director of the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. “It’s the second highest duck total by hospital foundation sales groups in the 29-year history of the event.”

Proceeds will benefit the hospital foundation and the Sequim Rotary Club’s charitable projects.

Some ducks hung back as the dump truck’s back door failed to open at first. It was unjammed and the rest of the ducks joined the yellow mass creeping toward the finish as several spectators said, “Wow. That’s a lot of ducks.”

Boy Scout Troop 1460 of Port Angeles came to the rescue when an expected food vendor didn’t materialize.

“We ran down the road and cleared Saars out,” said Scoutmaster Jared Minard.

Five Scouts, with the help of Minard and Assistant Scoutmaster Rory McDonald sold at least 300 hot dogs, they figured.

Proceeds will go to programs for the Scouts, Minard said.

A smaller duck race, the Bub and Alice Olsen Very Important Duck (V.I.D.) Race was held just prior to main race at 2 p.m. Businesses and individuals, including those from outside the North Olympic Peninsula who do business with local companies, purchased special V.I.D. ducks emblazoned with their logo. They were priced at $300, $600 and $1,200 each.

A special event for children also was held — the Duck Derby Duck Pluck. Children gathered at the Kids’ Pavilion to decorate ducks which were placed in a wading pool and plucked out by a blindfolded official. Prizes were gift certificates to Baskin-Robbins.

The top prize, a $100 gift certificate, went to Tony Cargo. Second place, a $50 gift certificate, went to Oliver McClure and third prize, a $25 gift certificate, was won by Elliot McClure.

Winners also received trophies, while all entrants were allowed to keep their artistic duck creations.

The Duck Derby Duck Pluck was presented by Olympic Kids Dental.

The races were presented by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.

And the winners are …

Here is the list of 2018 Duck Derby winners as provided by the Olympic Medical Center Foundation following the races:

1. Wilder 2018 Toyota Corolla — Steve Zenovic, Port Angeles.

2. $1,000 in cash from Seven Cedars Casino — Angel Mantcher DDS, Port Angeles .

3. Up to five-night stay at the Inn at Otter Crest on the Oregon Coast — Sequim Animal Hospital.

4. $500 in cash at 7 Cedars Casino — Christine Wilder, Ravensdale.

5. One Night Stay Forks-LaPush area on the Bogachiel River — Navix Engineering, Bellevue.

6. $250 gift certificate for wood outdoor furniture/Mike Caldwell — Rebecca Stewart, Sequim.

7. $150 gift certificate – Forks Outfitters — Jim Cromer, Port Angeles.

8. Five cases of Bedford’s Sodas — Paul McBeth, Sequim.

9. $100 gift certificate – Bella Italia Restaurant — Thor Sorensen, Sequim.

10. $100 gift certificate – Thomas Building Center, Sequim — Mobuilt RV, Port Angeles.

11. Dinner for two – LD’S Woodfire Grill — Todd Irwin, Port Angeles.

12. $100 gift certificate – Forks Outfitters — Sarah Grice, Port Angeles.

13. $100 gift certificate – Baskin-Robbins — Isabelle Dunlop, Sequim.

14. $100 gift certificate at Double Eagle or Stymie’s Bar-Grill — Mozelle Maness For Carol L., Port Angeles.

15. $100 gift card – Starbucks — Ace Michaels, Port Angeles.

16. $100 gift certificate – JC Penney, Sequim — Melody Bishop, Port Angeles .

17. $100 gift certificate – Safeway — Howie Ruddell, Port Angeles.

18. $100 gift certificate – Over The Fence — Steve Myers, Sequim.

19. $100 gift certificate – Swain’s General Store — Ralston Family, Port Angeles.

20. $100 gift certificate – Applebees — Gary Wall.

21. $100 gift certificate – Bob’s Chevron — Jared Malvaine, Olympia.

22. $100 worth of gasoline – Lovell’s Shell — Westport Employee, Port Angeles.

23. $100 gift certificate – Sears — John Miller, Port Angeles.

24. Pedicure and manicure with Laurie Rinehart and five Tanning Sessions @ Beauty & The Beach — Ron Dilling, Sequim.

25. $100 gift certificate – Fiesta Jalisco — Eric Imhof, Port Angeles.

26. $100 gift certificate – Doodlebugs — Joel Stephens, Sequim.

27. Scentsy Basket – Value $100 – Ilene’s Boutique, Forks — Tom and Julie George, Tempe, Ariz.

28. Wash and wax for a year – First Race Car Wash, Port Angeles — Sharon Freeland, Tacoma.

29. 29th Duck Race Anniversary Prize – $290 in cash – 7 Cedars Casino — Kyle Polanski, Seattle.

30. Victoria round trip for two on M.V. Coho – Black Ball Ferry Line — Armstrong Marine, Port Angeles.

31. $75 gift certificate – Auto Zone, Sequim — Dungeness Courte, Sequim.

32. $75 gift card – Black Bear Diner, Sequim — Charles Alice, Port Angeles.

33. $75 gift certificate – Jose’s Famous Salsa House, Sequim — Jeanne Berretta, Port Angeles.

34. Boutique gift package – Ilene’s Boutique, Forks — Tommi Schwent, Port Angeles.

35. $75 gift certificate – A1 Auto, Sequim — Karen Ross, Port Angeles.

36. $50 gift certificate – Chestnut Cottage — Becki Ketchum, Port Angeles.

37. $50 gift certificate – That Takes the Cake, Sequim — Creative Landscape, Inc., Port Angeles.

38. $50 gift certificate – Jerry’s Small Engines and Rentals — Emily Pearce, Seattle.

39. $50 gift certificate – The Oak Table, Sequim — Jim and Dee Leskinovitch, Port Angeles.

40. $50 gift certificate – Home Depot, Sequim — Dan Fryer, Sequim.

41. $50 gift certificate – Whitehead’s Auto Parts, Forks — Bekkevar Logging & Trucking, Sequim.

42. $50 gift certificate – The Oak Table, Sequim — Toga Hertzog, Port Angeles.

43. $50 gift certificate – La Belle Creperie — Joann Maynard, Port Angeles.

44. $25 gift certificates for Chinook Pharmacy and Three Rivers Resort, Forks — Davi Evans, Sequim.

45. $50 gift certificate – Mariner Cafe, Sequim — Robert Mullen, Sequim.

46. $50 gift certificate – Hartnagel Building Supply — Frst Federal, Port Angeles.

47. $50 gift certificate – Chestnut Cottage — Jim and Karen Rogers, Port Angeles.

48. $50 gift certificate – Tedesco’s, Sequim — Ryan Dickinson, Sequim.

49. One-month membership to Forks Athletic Club, $30 Plaza Jalisco & $40 @ Perfect Image Salon, Forks — Wilbur Strangle, Joyce.

50. $100 in cash – 7 Cedars Casino — Butch Hoare, Port Angeles.

VID winners

1. $600 — Anjo Soils.

2. $300 — Camaraderie Cellar.

3. $150 — John Miles.

Duck Pluck winners

1. $100 gift certificate to Baskin-Robbins —Tony Cargo.

2. $50 gift certificate to Baskin-Robbins Oliver McClure.

3. $25 gift certificate to Baskin-Robbins— Elliott McClure.

Wilder Guess the Ducks in the Truck Contest

Bill Irwin, Port Angeles (Guess: 3,898; actual: 3,869)

Bob Lovell hands the winning duck to Claire Tyson of the Port Angeles High School wrestling team. She grabbed it and ran up the banks of Lincoln Park to place the duck in a waiting secure baggy marked No. 1. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Tony Cargo of Port Angeles was the winner of the Kids Derby presented by Olympic Kids Dental. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)